Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 11:25:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, God came down in a cloud and spoke to Moses. He took part of the spirit that Moses had and distributed also to those seventy elders. Then they prophesied in the power of God but they did not again speak like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the LORD came down in a cloud and spoke with him. LORD put some of the Spirit that Moses had on the seventy elders. As soon as the Spirit came upon them, they prophesied. But after that they never did that again.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD came-down through a cloud and spoke to Moises. And the LORD give to the 70 rulers some of the authority/power of Moises. And when- they -have-received it they were-speaking-something but that no longer happened again.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh came down in the cloud that was above the tent and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of the power of the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them, but they did that only once.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
